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In a Dutch coffeeshop, the menu features service with a smile—and imaginative names
for its marijuana.
The Dutch smoke both hashish (the sap of the cannabis plant) and the leaf of the plant
(which they call “marihuana” or “grass”). Pre-rolled joints are sold individually ($4-7, de-
pending on the strain), though some places sell only small packs of three or four joints.
Joints come in three varieties: pure, with a “hamburger helper” herb mix, or with tobacco.
Any place that caters to Americans sells joints without tobacco, but you have to ask spe-
cifically for a “pure” joint. Shops also sell baggies for $15 to $20. They dispense rolling
papers like toothpicks, and customers can borrow a bong or an inhaler. I'm told the better
pot, though costlier, is actually a better value, as it takes less to get high—and it's a better
high.
